Lawrence Upton wrote:
>no, this is one choice I prefer not to make!
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>"gone" is ok, I suppose
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>it's "passed away" that I find offensive
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Not in my vocabulary either. I'd prefer "croaked," "bought the farm,"
or "lay down for his dirt nap." The morning my mother-in-law died in
1994, my wife's sister made a call and said their mother had passed
away. My wife shouted. "Goddammit, Harriet, she DIED!"
Ken
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If you want patience, go to medical school.
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